[cctalk] Re: Store with "vintage" computers and parts

On 2023-02-10 02:37, Tom Hunter wrote: I think the best option would be using open source decentralized search engines, without any company, entity, or individual directly responsible for the resources (other than their contributed code) and therefore directly profiting from them. Alas we're not there yet, and the ones I've tried or even looked at aren't ready (easy to set up and use) for most people, or even for more "advanced users". But I think they're improving. I've been using DuckDuckGo for many years now, and I'm quite happy with it, given that it isn't distributed and 100% open source, although increasingly so. They don't track your search or visits history, and therefore it gives consistent results, i.e. the same search yields the same results regardless of the person, browser, device, IP address, etc. Adds are based on your current search, so they aren't tailored to you and they don't follow you around all the time. I believe that combined with other privacy measures, like using VPNs, I2P, or even Tor, paying attention and "controlling" locally stored data (cookies, browsing history, personal data collected from data fields in web forms, passwords, etc.), or even using the "incognito" mode on browsers, make it a reasonably secure choice for the moment, until 100% open source decentralized alternatives are ready.